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Current AffairsCzech tourist buses come under technical scrutiny
It was a wake-up call for the Czech traffic police: a Czech tourist bus in
Austria was found to be driving minus one wheel. The story made headlines
in both countries and the Czech authorities finally turned their attention
to a nagging problem: the poor technical state of many Czech buses. More
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In this week’s business news: Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek has
presented three different options for state budget cuts, the Labor Ministry
has announced a tender for the new welfare payment cards, direct flights
between Prague and Abu Dhabi will be launched in September, for the third
time this year, a Czech travel agency files for bankruptcy, and a Czech
daily writes that Vietnamese small business owners are often blackmailed
into paying protection money. More
Current AffairsConcern for hundreds of Czech holiday makers in Egypt
Reports of looting and violence in Egypt have evoked concern for the
hundreds of Czechs currently in the country. According to available
information there are now over 1,000 Czech holiday makers in the
country’s popular Red Sea resorts and dozens more travelling on their own
who are difficult to trace. Earlier today Radio Prague contacted the Czech
ambassador to Egypt, Jiří Slavík, for an update on the security
situation. More
Current AffairsCzech travel agencies cancel holidays in Egypt
At the weekend the Czech Foreign Ministry advised Czechs to postpone all
non-essential travel to Egypt until the situation stabilizes. Despite the
warning, Czech travel agencies continued to send more tourists to Egypt’s
Red Sea resorts, on the argument that those destinations were still safe.
On Monday they reversed their decision. Tomio Okamura is the head of the
Association of Czech Travel Agencies: More
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